Device for manufacturing mineral water.



J. BIENZ. DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING MINERAL WATER. Arruon lon FILED Main, 1911.

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DEVIGE FOR MANUFACTURING MINERAL' WATER. 4

APPLIfl LTION FILED MAR. 21, 1911'.

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UNITED srrA'rEs PATENT oF ucE.

' J'OHAISI'N' IBIENZ, OF BERNIE, SWITZERLAND.

Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

' f DEVICE non menoracrnarne muslin-warns,

. Patented Jan. 23,1912;

Original application filed December 28, 1910, Serial No. 599,641; Divided and this application filed March citizen of the Swiss Confederac ing at Berne, Switzerland, have invented To (1 1 whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, JOE-[ANN Binivz, a

, and. residcertain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Manufacturing Mmeral Water,

' of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a process of manufacturing mineral waters, as described in my application for patent, filed on Decemher, 28th, 1910, Serial No. 599,641, of which application this is a division; .My invention consists in an apparatus for carrying out said process. 4

is so constructed that water, preferabl impregnated withcarbonic ;acid', is intro uced in such a manner into the bottles, that it must pass a device holding a tablet com metal basket or casing,

derstood, I have s posed of a. mineral salt, or a mixture of several mineral salts. This tablet is broken into small ieces by the operation of certain elements o my new apparatus and is then dissolved by the water passing into the bottle, so [that this water will become mineralwater. w 1

In order that my invention be better'unown my new apparatus in the accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, showing one form of the apparatus and Fig. 2 a similar view, vshowin'g another form of the apparatus.

In Fig, 1, the numeral-1 designates a' sheet which can be opened at the front, containing a'siphon bottle 2 of well-known construction.- The casing. 1 is provided with-apertures, through which the .amount of water in the bottle' can be observed, and the ("sin also serves for protecting the person filling the bottle against injuries, should the bottle break during the filling operation. A. bar 3, whose upper bent end is formed with an eye 4, is attached to the side of thecasing." r

A sleeve-like member 5 having its underside open along its entire length surrounds the discharge pipe 13 of the bottle. Its upper side has two apertures, between which.

is arranged .a plate 6 for stiffening the sleeve. A part of the cap 23 passes through the-top aperture in the up er side of the sleeve. Integral with, oraf x per end of the member 5 is a ringZ, having which a-screw 'over the free end of the This apparatus the nozzle.

connected with 'bothof these.

the conical face of the nozzle: and the reg ed' to the up threaded spindle, 9 carrying a hand-wheel 8 can be moved axially. The-sleeve 5 terminates below-in a right hand and left-hand lug. To thesetwo lugs is'soldered a mouth piece. 10, having an axial bore llsopening Into a chamber '12 in the enlarged, recessed top end of the mouthpiece, which is screwed into the eye -1of the bar 3. A bushing 14,

which extends into the chamber 12 andvfits v tight against the wall thereof, is pushed discharge pipe 13- mounted on 'the bottle 2, and" is located be tween the right-hand'and left-,hand lugs of the sleeve-like member5 to whose ends the mouthpiece 10 is soldered. In the bottom end of the bushing 14- isscrewed a conical nozzle 15, whoseend projects somewhat beyondgthe edge of the bushing, whereas, be-

tween the other end ofthe nozzle and {the mouth of the discharge pipe 13 a packing ring 17 is arranged. A small tube 16, whose one end passes through and whose other endti's located over the duct 18 coaxial with it, is inserted axially in A port 19 passing through the end of the nozzle and located at rightangles both,to the duct 18 and to the tube,16 is Owingto moval-of material from the inner end of the bushing a channel 20 leading around'the entire nozzle is formed. The tablet 21 is inthe lowest part of the chamber l2-inthe :moutlapiece 10, and a packing ring 12;is aron the face of the shoulder in the ran e chai nber 12 located at about the same height as the top of the tablet. The tablet 21 is inserted from .aboveinto, the mouthpiece 10 before the bottle 2 is put into the'basketl. On, the head-22 of the bottle is placed a cap 23 which serves as abutment for'the.

screw 9 and has two arms 24, between whicha' disk 25 having a peripheral groove is journaled eccentrlcally, the free'end'of the lever 26'mounted on the bottle being located in said groove; Attached to-the disk' 25 is a chain 27, whoselast link is forengag'ementwith a. hook-'28 attached'to the the packing ring'zlT casing 1. This chain is of suchilength that it can be hooked onto the hook 28, attached tothe. casing lgvonly after the lever 26 has been depressed by means of the disk'25."

The apparatils as describedoperate's'in. 1 the "following manner; Assuming that all t the parts of the :apparatus are in the posi-' tion shown in the drawing and that a tablet has been inscrted'into the mouthpiece after lifting the bushing 14, the screw '9-'is then tightened, whereby the'top end of the bar 3 is-subjected to a tension. This is an iron bar and as all the other parts of the'apparatus :COIlSiStOf metal and are not particularly'thick,'both the bar and the casmg yield, so that the tablet is' pressed against the end of-the nozzle and broken to pieces. The'screw -9 is screwed so tight thatthe bushing 14 is pressed against the packing ring 12 in thechamber 12 Water impregnated with carbonic acid is then sup--- plied through a tube to 'the mouthpiece 10,

" a whereupon the lever 26 is, depressed by means of the/disk and the chain 27 at- ,tached to the hook '28,.so that the bottle remains open during the filling operation.

The tablet 21'is generally completely disv "solved in the'inflowing water, and inany event stillun'dissolved large particles are prevented, due to the narrowness of the ucts 18 and port 19 from bing. carried awayby the water, sothat only small parfticles can be carried away'by the water be- -forethey have become dissolved and these will subsequently be'readily disolved in the bottle. After the bottle has been filled, the

. screw '9 isturned back away from the cap headiof the bottle and the latter removed from the casing 1. The mouthpiece 10: may then'be charged with anewtablet. The form of the apparatus represented in; Fig. '2'is for filling.bottles,-whose.necks; .are provided at theirup er endswith an 23, the member 5 is swung away from the 1 internal screw thread" an which are closed with. an, ordinaryglass" screw stopper; To

'- this end, my apparatus "comprises ascrewthreaded stopper '29 adapted tobe into the neck of the bottle}: The stopper issciewed so' far into a-bushin 130 that it abuts againsta" partition 33 I Y the .top-s'ideof this partition an annular =flange 34 is left standing, adapted" to: -re-;-

ceive the tablet. A secondstopper 36 providedwith a grip139 is" screwed into the ibushingei-m, a 'packing..-ring '36 being pro corresponding '33 openingfmte'f the chamberlsurrounded the flange 34. The stopper'36 has a bore I right angles to thebo're37 and .traveraing' .the entire stopper'36. Screwedlaterallyto; 6 .the stopper. 361s a soclfiet 40, in:whieli-isIo- Y I 'vided; v and thestopper 136.9."

7 vid'ed with an axial bore '31, ffromf whose otolpfendftwo B l-TOW, ducts 132" branch off,

. tween'the edge of the ..latter w ch, like t 'ore31,,are connected. with in alinementg ,with' the; bore 31,, terminating-at; one-end-in the annular chamber- 35, "and at the other end inva'duet .38at

vidi'ngtheinterior. ofthe bushing into two parts.- At" z-sa'id chamber.

e stopper 29 is pro cated" a coil sprmg 43which with one end abuts against adisk 42 of elastic material, 0. g., leather, serving as a valve and normally' closing one end of the duct 38, and i with its other end .againsta nut '44 in the socketfwhich is closed by a cap 45. Forusing this form of my apparatus, the stopper 29 connected with the bushing 30 is screwed into the bottle,whereupon a tablet is placed within the flange 34, and then the stopper 36 'is screwed so far int-o the,

' bushing 30'that the-tablet is broken to pieces and the packing ring 36 pressed firmly between the bushing and the stopper. The

annular recess 35 not only makes room for the broken tablet, butalso affords sufficient surfacei'to the Water flowing through the bore 37 fordissolving and washing away the broken tablet. Water impregnated with carbonic acid is then" introduced through 'vided witha bore adapted to be displaced one relative to the other whereby a chamberrof variable size is formedin communication with said bores adapted to receive a mineral salt tablet, and means for detachably connecting-said device to a bottle.

2, A ,device formanufacturing mineral" water, comprising two "members each provided vwith a bore whereby a chamber ofvariable size isformed in communication with said bores adapted to receive a min-' -eral salt'tablet, and means for detachably connecting said device to a bottle, and means for displacing .one member relatively-to the other thereby breaking up said tablet 'in 7 device 'watei,; comprising a mouth-piece provided with an axial bore and a chamber,asleevelik member, 1a bushing attached thereto, said bushing being movable in said chamber the ports in the partition 33 and I r for manufacturing mineral 1 and adapted to be fitted to the spout .of a

siphon bottle, and 'means 'for axially mov ing the bushing in said'mouth p'iece.

, "4. A device 'for manufacturing mineral water, comprising a mouth-piece provided with an axial bore and a chamber, a sleeve- .like member, a bushing attached thereto, said bushing beingmovable in said chamber and ada ted to be 'fitted to the out of a siphon' ottle, and means for axially I Copies of this patent may be obtained for ing'the" bushing in said mouth-piece, and means on said sleeve-like member for holding the bottle open during the inflow; of the Water.

In testimony in presence of'two Witnesses.

JOHANN BIENZI moving the bushing in said mouth-piece, and a nozzle in said bushing, projecting beyond its inner end.

5. A device for manufacturing mineral Water, comprising a mouth-piece provided with an axial boreand a c mber, a sleevelike member, a bushing atta ed thereto, said bushing being. movable in sard chamber and adapted to be fitted to the SM of asiphon bottle, and means for axially FnQ W'itne'sses FRIEDRICH N AQGOLI, FRANZ LAMPP'J.

Washington, D. G.

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